In the wake of a century-long of exodus from the traditional Maronite heartland, there are more Maronites living outside of Lebanon and Syria than in those lands.

Demographics

National Demographics

Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010

Total Population:

4,966,000 1

Urban:

87.67% 1

Rural:

12.33% 1

Immigrants as % of Population:

34.1% 2

Homicides:

3.95 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3

Level of Public Corruption:

136 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4

Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics:

135 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7

Fertility Rate:

1.72 births per adult woman 5

Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5:

0.80% 5

Life Expectancy at Birth:

80 years 5

Adult Literacy Rate:

89.61% 5

Internet Users:

75% 5

Gross National Income per Capita:

US$10,030 5

Catholic Demographics

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church, 2015. Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2017. The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics:

2,071,000

Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population:

49.57%

Baptisms per Year (Under age 7):

11,752

Baptisms per Year (Over age 7):

211

First Communions per Year:

11,302

Confirmations per Year:

11,868

Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools:

123,338

Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools:

59,820

Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education:

4,297

Church Marriages per Year:

6,059

Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics:

4,922

Priests:

1,601

Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters):

2,387

Catholics per Priest:

1,293

Parishes:

1,065

Catholic Hospitals:

26

Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids:

32

1.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects, 2014.

2.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.